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TI-Nspire CX vs. Casio Prizm: It’s Apples and Oranges

Please click here to buy your TI-Nspire CX on Amazon . TI and Casio have taken very different approaches with their color calculators I’ve heard the question many times over the last few months: “What’s better, the TI-Nspire CX or Casio Prizm?” It’s a natural comparison. They’re the world’s first full color graphing calculators, both with the capability to graph on photographs, both released within a few months of each other in 2011.

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Casio Prizm Unboxing

UPDATE: My Casio Prizm review is now live. It’s finally here! I’ve been promising everyone the first in depth hands on Casio Prizm review, and the Prizm has finally arrived. Casio’s been trying to get me one to evaluate for a while, but they’ve hit a few delays, but tonight it arrived. My goal is to get an “unboxing” video up tomorrow and a review of the Prizm later in the week.

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Casio ClassPad 330 Review

Please click here to buy your Casio ClassPad on Amazon. In 2003, the original Casio ClassPad 300 was a revolutionary device. Released near the height of the PDA craze, it’s stylus interface and high resolution screen (for the time) brought many of the popular features of “Palm Pilot” type devices to students and teachers in the classroom. Since 2007, the ClassPad 330 has been the latest version of the ClassPad series.

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Casio fx-9750GII Review

Please click here to buy your Casio fx-9750GII on Amazon . Casio’s 9750 series is the budget alternative in a lineup of Casio graphing calculators that is already the affordable alternative to Texas Instruments. The 2009 release of the the 9750GII introduced USB, making it even easier to upgrade your calculator’s operating system and upload apps. The natural comparison is the 9750GII vs. the 9860GII, its more powerful (and more expensive) bigger brother.

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Casio fx-9860GII Review

Please click here to buy your Casio fx-9860GII on Amazon . I’ve been a Texas Instruments guy for a long time. Most teachers are. TI has had the corner on the educational market for over a decade. That said, I’ve seen more Casio’s popping up in my classroom in recent years, and I recently decided it was time to investigate. I’ve spent a lot of hours over the last month investigating the question of Casio vs.

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